Waste into Weapons: Recycling in Britain during the Second World War. By Peter Thorsheim. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xiv + 290 pp. Illustrations, tables, graphs, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $99.99, paper $24.00, e-book $24.00.doi:10.1093/envhis/emx120Charles ClosmannEnvironmental History
Britain is the only country to rival (与……比敌) the US on this score. Black cabs. London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night. Choice of food. Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants. Fashion. No...
It talks about Britain’s options for plutonium (Pu) disposal, and the GEH proposal to build a pair ofS-PRISM reactors (311 MWe each)to rapidly ‘spike’ the weapons-grade Pu inventory, and thereafter consume it and spent fuel for energy. The alternative option, a new MOX plant, is far...
Wolcott Gibbs (left) found Eugene O’Neill’s attempt at comedy to be nothing more than a recycling of corny old saws. However, Ah, Wilderness! proved successful in its first Broadway production and in the touring company that followed. It remains to this day a staple of community repertory...
All production sites in Germany, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bangladesh, China and in Vietnam are equipped with the most modern, sustainable machinery and technologies.An extension of the LIFECYCLE product line is currently being implemented. In add...
Viewed in a new light as a supply center of renewable energy, sewage treatment plants have the potential to contribute signi cantly to the prevention of global warming and realization of a recycling, low-carbon society. At Hamamatsu City, "preparations are being made so that action can be ...
To accompany this piece there is an excellent new essay by George Monbiot:We cannot wish Britain’s nuclear waste away:Opponents of nuclear power who shout down suggestions of how to use spent waste as fuel will not make the problem disappear. ...
If you’ve never read the Declaration of Independence in its entirety, this is a good time to do that. More than two centuries later, it’s still a good read. These rebels, who would be accused of treason by Great Britain, wrote the document in a reasoned manner, attempting to convey...
enclose mid-town Manhattan in a temperature-controlled environment, and pay for itself within ten years from the savings of snow-removal costs alone. A number of iconic buildings have been built using geodesic domes in recent times, including at theEden Projectin Britain and theEpcot Centerin ...
Quotes"Somebody has to do something and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us" - Jerry Garcia||"No matter who you are or what you want, we'll be happy to hear from you." - Mutate Britain / Mutoid Waste Company (also: "The end is nigh, mutate or die")||"This ag...